AI Job Influence
2024
2024-01-01 Multiple companies listed “ghost” jobs online, meaning they posted jobs they weren’t truly hiring for. Companies did this for a number of reasons, such as to “get a feel” for future candidates, make current employees feel replaceable, or give off the illusion that their company is strong and growing.
https://www.greenhouse.com/blog/greenhouse-2024-state-of-job-hunting-report.
2025 April
2025-04-08 Companies increasingly used AI to scan resumes, rank candidates, and reject applicants before human review.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/tech/ai-resume-job-hunters
2025 June
2025-06-26 In response to ghost job postings applicants started using AI to generate blanket resumes.
2025 August
2025-08-03 Companies used AI to conduct job interviews.
https://fortune.com/2025/08/03/ai-interviewers-job-seekers-unemployment-hiring-hr-teams/
2026 May
2026-05-05 Coinbase cut 14% of its workforce due to AI.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/coinbase-cut-about-14-workforce-2026-05-05/
https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/coinbase-layoffs-14-of-employees-ai-tech-ai-job-anxiety-crypto/